Saturday, April 28, 2012

Y?

Here I go again...taking liberties with the letters, but it's Saturday and I don't normally blog on Saturdays. Plus my hubs just returned from a week in Argentina-Chile-Brazil and whenever he's on a flight landing stateside at o'dark thirty we go out to breakfast.

It's the law.

The A-Z challenge and the letter Y.

Or as some people would say-why?

Whyis our pilot consulting a big ole paper map before boarding the plane? More than a little disconcerting to see since we were preparing to board that same plane.

For a fifteen hour flight home.

At least I hope we're going home.

He knows how to get there right?

He doesn't actually need to consult a paper map does he?

Can't planes practically fly themselves these days?

Just when you were thinking maybe you would like to travel with me.

Perhaps more worrisome was the fact that the agent behind the counter was doing all the pointing and talking.

I ask my hubby he works in the Aircraft business and travels a lot (not as much as yours but more than I'd like ) He said yes he has seen it they are studying flight paths there are a lot out there and some are very complicated. Have a wonderful weekend!

Better the pilot should be studying it while on the ground than trying to learn it while up in the air!! I have seen it once or twice, but still think they should maybe do it in private, not out where passengers can see it and wonder!

Yikes! As a VERY reluctant flyer (no, wait, that doesn't even come close to adequately express the dread and anxiety I feel when I have to fly), that sight is most definitely one I would NOT want to see before getting ready to board that pilot's plane!! Glad you made it back home safe and sound!

Even with all our digital gadgets and GPS and stuff, some people (like me) still prefer to see it on paper. And with maps, it can help to see the big picture. Nerve wracking for you? Yes, but it does look like a proper chart, and I'll bet that they have all kinds of charts like that in the cockpit. ;)

Oh, my. That would be quite disconcerting to me. Kinda like seeing a surgeon studying a textbook in the waiting room. Some things should be kept outta sight! But I can see how you were thinking what great blog material this why would make for Y. :)